GRE Word List

PHOENIX

a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period

The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.

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resolutionthe act or process of resolving: such as
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propulsivetending or having power to propel
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deifyto make a god of
tremulouscharacterized by or affected with trembling or tremors
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